Eric Horng
Reporter at WLS-TV (Chicago, IL)
ABC 7 Eyewitness News Reporter, Lifelong Chicago Sports Fan, Lover of Food, Warrior Poet.
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1 week ago |
share.google | WLSBy Eric Horng |Eric Horng
CHICAGO (WLS) -- President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of a notorious former Chicago gang leader. Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover was serving a life sentence at a prison in Colorado. He was convicted of murder in Chicago and then later convicted on several federal charges. Hoover will still have to serve his sentence on state charges. Attorney Jennifer Bonjean confirmed to ABC7 Wednesday that her client, Hoover, is being granted clemency by the president.
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2 weeks ago |
asianamericans.einnews.com | Eric Horng
'New Wave' documentary shines light on 1980s music scene that was refuge for Vietnamese AmericansAs ABC7 Chicago celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a documentary was screened for Chicago audiences this week. CHICAGO (WLS) -- As ABC7 Chicago celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a documentary was screened for Chicago audiences this week.
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2 weeks ago |
azfamily.com | Eric Horng
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLS) – A transgender student’s participation in a middle school track meet in Illinois has some parents up in arms. Marie Davis and Doug Krein’s seventh-grade daughter was among those who competed in the track meet in the Naperville School District 203. They say their daughter competed against a transgender female athlete who won multiple girls’ events at the meet. “I was actually shocked. At first, I couldn’t believe it,” Davis said.
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2 weeks ago |
wrdw.com | Eric Horng
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3 weeks ago |
abc7chicago.com | Eric Horng
CHICAGO (WLS) -- There was turmoil inside Chicago City Hall Friday as one of Mayor Brandon Johnson's appointments to a high-profile working group stepped down just hours after he was announced to the position. Some Jewish groups in Chicago took issue with past actions from the appointee, Ishan Daya. Daya ran for political office in 2023 but withdrew from that race after video came to light showing him removing a poster of an Israeli hostage held by Hamas.
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